Official launch of Klaxit, the home-to-work car sharing app, in the Principality

This morning, Minister of Public Works, the Environment and Urban Development Marie-Pierre Gramaglia witnessed the official launch of a new car sharing solution in the Principality. Flexible, configurable and particularly suited to home-to-work journeys, the solution is based on the app from Klaxit, France’s leading car sharing app for short-distance car sharing.

Twenty-five organisations in the Principality, all signatories of the National Energy Transition Pact and representing more than 9,300 employees, are taking part in a trial. They will be listed in the Klaxit app and supported throughout the trial with workshops, documentation, reports and updates.

The goal is to quickly achieve a “critical mass” of users. This will create a virtuous circle and make it possible to assess how effective the solution is for commuters. (It should be noted that the current health situation is placing limits on the actual number of car sharers that can be accommodated in each vehicle. The Government took the decision not to postpone the launch of the project because it is vital that we make use of this shared mobility solution.)

The trial will run for one year. This public–private collaboration is the realisation of the State’s determination to reduce car traffic by 20% by 2030, while absorbing additional traffic resulting from Monaco’s economic development. The target is to return to the levels of traffic seen in 1990.

“Every day, 50,000 French and Italian employees travel to the Principality, most of them by car, with an average occupancy rate of 1.1 people per vehicle. This influx of employees, while clearly essential to the Principality’s economic momentum, poses a huge challenge, particularly in terms of congestion and greenhouse gas emissions,” said Marie-Pierre Gramaglia.

Klaxit, which is being managed jointly by the Mission for Energy Transition, the Department of Forward Studies, Urban Planning and Mobility and the Digital Transition Office, is a perfect illustration of the Government’s proactive and ambitious policy on public transport and shared mobility. The Monaco Economic Board is also heavily involved in the initiative, providing information about Klaxit to its member companies.

For more information about the app, see: https://www.klaxit.com

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